Emtec Building Services North Ltd
Registered name: EMTEC BUILDING SERVICES NORTH LTD
Part of Emtec Group Limited groupEmtec Building Services North Ltd made £8.9m revenue and £45 profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Emtec Building Services North Ltd’s revenue grew 16% to £8.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £45 profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Hamilton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hamilton, Scotland
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £7.7m | £8.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.7m | £2m |
| Operating profit | — | −£31.5k | −£8.6k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£29k | £7.6k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£161k | £45 |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£161k | £45 |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 31 | 35 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −2.1% | 0% |
| Gross margin | — | 21.9% | 22.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £248k | £255k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£5.2k | £1 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲15.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼24.4% | ▲12.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £955k | £689k | £928k |
| Net assets | £1m | £456k | £271k |
| Fixed assets | £10.5k | £45.4k | £76.3k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £9.4k | £492k | £74.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £255k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼41%
- Now £271k
- Cash at bank
- ▲35%
- Now £928k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲68%
- Now £76.3k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Emtec Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Emtec Building Services North Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (11)
- Emtec Building Services LimitedRev. £28.4m · Profit £49.2k
- Emtec Facility Services LimitedRev. £24.8m · Profit £1.5m
- Emtec Energy LimitedRev. £10m · Profit −£777k
- Emtec Property Services LimitedRev. £8.2m · Profit £520k
- Emtec Utility Services LimitedRev. £7.6m · Profit £525k
- Emtec Fire Systems LtdRev. £3.3m · Profit £245k
- Emtec Southern (Holdings) LimitedRev. £3.3m · Profit £165k
- Emtec Core & Protect LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit £43.9k
- Emtec Group Management LtdRev. £250k · Profit £75.2k
- Emtec Solutions LimitedRev. −£55.3k · Profit −£90.5k
- Lidex Control Systems LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £45), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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